Introduction to Political Science - Pre Exam Obj
  • 1. Political science is mainly the study of the __.
A) family
B) state
C) market
D) school
  • 2. Who defined politics as “who gets what, when and how”?
A) Aristotle
B) David Easton
C) Harold Lasswell
D) Karl Marx
  • 3. The authoritative allocation of values was defined by __.
A) Plato
B) Garner
C) Easton
D) Hobbes
  • 4. Political science begins and ends with the state according to __.
A) Garner
B) Janet
C) Gilchrist
D) Locke
  • 5. Politics mainly deals with __.
A) power and authority
B) education
C) trade
D) religion
  • 6. The study of political institutions is known as __ approach.
A) institutional
B) behavioural
C) traditional
D) Marxist
  • 7. Which approach focuses on human political behaviour?
A) Historical
B) Systems
C) Behavioural
D) Traditional
  • 8. The systems approach is associated with __.
A) Marx
B) Lasswell
C) Easton
D) Plato
  • 9. Liberalism, socialism and communism are examples of __.
A) laws
B) ideologies
C) institutions
D) cultures
  • 10. Power, authority and legitimacy are __ in political science.
A) ideologies
B) institutions
C) concepts
D) cultures
  • 11. The executive, legislature and judiciary are __.
A) political institutions
B) political thoughts
C) political cultures
D) political parties
  • 12. Elections and law making are examples of political __.
A) culture
B) processes
C) systems
D) ideologies
  • 13. Citizenship refers to __.
A) legal membership of a state
B) paying tax
C) voting in elections
D) living in a country
  • 14. Political culture means people’s __ towards politics.
A) language
B) religion
C) wealth
D) attitudes and beliefs
  • 15. Globalization concerns the __ among countries.
A) isolation
B) traditions
C) conflicts only
D) relationships
  • 16. The supreme law of the land is the __.
A) decree
B) policy
C) manifesto
D) constitution
  • 17. Constitutionalism means __ government power.
A) ignoring
B) limiting
C) removing
D) increasing
  • 18. Which method compares political systems of different countries?
A) Comparative
B) Statistical
C) Observational
D) Historical
  • 19. Watching political behaviour in real life is the __ method.
A) experimental
B) comparative
C) observational
D) survey
  • 20. The historical method studies __.
A) past political events
B) future predictions
C) present events only
D) economic data
  • 21. Plato and Aristotle are known for their political __.
A) thoughts
B) institutions
C) parties
D) systems
  • 22. Marxist approach focuses mainly on __.
A) class struggle and economy
B) law
C) culture
D) religion
  • 23. Survey method involves __.
A) observation only
B) guessing
C) asking questions to people
D) experiments
  • 24. The behavioural approach developed in the __ century.
A) 18th
B) 15th
C) 10th
D) 20th
  • 25. Political parties are part of political __.
A) cultures
B) institutions
C) thoughts
D) ideologies
  • 26. Sovereignty means __.
A) voting rights
B) supreme power of the state
C) foreign rule
D) sharing power
  • 27. Democracy is a system where __.
A) judges rule
B) kings rule
C) soldiers rule
D) people rule
  • 28. The study of politics through laws and philosophy is the __ approach.
A) systems
B) traditional
C) survey
D) behavioural
  • 29. AU and ECOWAS are examples of __ organizations.
A) international
B) private
C) local
D) national
  • 30. Ideology is a set of __ about government.
A) buildings
B) beliefs and ideas
C) rules only
D) punishments
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